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Regulations for outdoor multicopter flight

Hi All,

I have been pursuing a research project at a company (in Netherlands) where I need to occasionally fly waypoints outdoors. The task is an autonomous flight within line-of-sight and and some applications out of it.

My question is the following:

T

Como comprar apm 2.6 en Colombia

Hola amigos del foro en latinoamerica,

Me gustaria saber como comprar en internet el apm 2.6 ?. si alguien de Colombia lo ha comprado? en donde lo compro ? cuanto se demora? cuantos impuestos se deben pagar etc,

Les agradeceria mucho su pronta respuest

Throttle too sensitive...

I just made another octocopter and installed 3.1, my throttle seems too sensitive, just lowering it a bit and the octo goes down fast, what PIDs I have to change to correct this?

How to plan a long range survey flight

I want to plan a long range survey flight, I will be using a skywalker x8 to do the test, but I am wondering what settings I should use on the APM for things like failsafes and loss of telemetry situations. I want to cover an area of around 1 square

MyFlyDream AAT and APM/Pixhawk

Hi, I am seriously considering building an antenna tracker. However after some research and sourcing all the various parts/bits and pricing it all together I get a really "hacked-together" looking tracking unit for a cost of about ~250usd which also

A crazy idea UAV to save lives - Who wants to help

3.1 Sudden Violent Crash while in Loiter

I was flying my Steadidrone Qu4d running APM 2.6 (Arducopter 3.1) when I experienced a sudden loss of control and crash while in loiter mode.   

APM 2.5 Object avoidance suggestions

Hello,

I know there are threads on object avoidance but the ones I have found so far are either several years old with dead links or people just saying don't do it the sensors are slow.

So here is why I am doing this, I am doing a research project and

Onboard 2.4 GHz WIFI router for telemetry and video?

Has anyone used an onboard wifi network to transmit data to your ground station?

Yaw drift

I'm experiencing a small yaw drift when hovering. It is just a few degrees left that have to be constantly corrected to have the quad pointing forward. I don't have a GPS and the compass is set to auto-learn offsets, I wonder if this small drift is c

Altitude Hold Proving Dangerous

Hi All,

I've got a very powerful quad build going on here and have finally managed to get it flyable in Stabilize. After AutoTune failed to tune it to a point where any significant roll or pitch commands would prevent it from "flipping out", I have lo

Pixhawk boot problems

I have received my 2 pixhawks :-)

The first one is working fine, i have upgraded to 3.1.1 without any problem.

But the second one has issues to boot :-( i did the same procedure as on the first one but after the upgrade i get startup tone disturbed by

Which PID Parameter?

So I'm working on tweaking up my copter a bit to get it nice and dialed in. I've got basically everything where I think it should be, although I still have a bit of an issue with the yaw. 

It seems that when I command the copter to yaw in one directio

Eagle Eyes Antenna Tracker

I am aware of ardustation and its built in antenna tracking capabilities. However it does need a 3dr radio to work, and the last thing i want to add is yet another transmitter to my copter. Theres just no space for one (im trying to avoid emi). The f

GoPro settings for geotagging images later

Hi, I want to use a Y6 that is fitted with a GoPro to make some simple maps. I have the GoPro on a tarot gimbal and I can take pics straight down. But I was wondering how to setup the camera to easily geotag the pics later. 

If I setup the camera for

Pixhawk external USB and LED availability?

Does anyone know when the I2C LED and external mini USB board will be available? 

Help Fail Safe setup for Aurora9 and Turnigy 9x (with open 9x)

I use two radio Aurora 9 and Turnigy 9x with Open 9K firmware. I was trying to adjust Fail Safe to throttle channel, but unsuccessfully.

I do everything as instructed ( http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/arduplane-setup/apms-failsafe-function/ ) but the

Wanted: Separate RTH cruise and loiter altitudes

Hello folks,

I have several APM setups that I use with multi-rotors.

I currently use EagleTree OSD pro setups in my long-range FPV planes.

I'd like to try APM plane, but the area where I normally fly is very hilly. Eagletree has a feature which is inval

APM & telemetry > Laptop > Droidplanner or Andropilot?

How does one connect a tablet or phone running Andropilot or Droidplanner to a laptop running Mission Planner using Wifi?

I.e. I want to have my laptop running MP with telemetry and have my phone in my pocket connected to the laptop via Wifi routing t

USC film looking for photorealistic drone model

Hello DIY Drones Community,